I don't know how to quote a tweet and it is entirely possible that this has been known for a long time and I was unaware of it, but per his Twitter account he has retired. I don't know how to quote a tweet but his twitter page is here: https://twitter.com/VizquelOmar13

I don't know how to quote a tweet and it is entirely possible that this has been known for a long time and I was unaware of it, but per his Twitter account he has retired. I don't know how to quote a tweet but his twitter page is here: https://twitter.com/VizquelOmar13

He tweeted it about six hours ago.

Vizquel's retirement at the end of the 2012 season got some attention from the MLB Network the last day of the regular season. The Blue Jays started hiim at shortstop, he singled in his last at bat and came out of the game defensively with two out in the ninth to give hiim a chance to walk off the field to applause. It looked like a nice way to end his Hall of Fame career.

Let's be honest, Vizquel retired a couple years ago. He's been stealing money.

I recall him getting picked off second base in a critical game in KC halfway through the season in 2010 when the Sox were still in the hunt. He was half-assing it pretty much the entire two years he was with the Sox.

Not to say I don't respect him for putting together a HOF-worthy career, because never in a million years did I think he would be a HOFer when he came up with the Mariners in the late 80s.

I recall him getting picked off second base in a critical game in KC halfway through the season in 2010 when the Sox were still in the hunt. He was half-assing it pretty much the entire two years he was with the Sox.

Well, if it's your anecdote against mine, I recall him providing quite a spark and relief to the team after Teahen went down in Tampa, which coincided with a defensive surge from TCM and a 25-5 run going into the All-Star Break.

Not to mention he was pretty damn decent offensively for a light-hitting 43 year old middle infielder.

I was at a game in mid August and when Omar got a hit they retrieved the ball. I think it was known then he was retiring. We made a comment at the time that we were wondering if he was keeping all of them in case it was his last career hit? Or maybe he passed someone on a hit list.

I wonder if he'll be the last of the defensive only hall of famers. Imo, he's a lock despite hitting over. 300 only once with no power.

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Originally Posted by shoota

I'm not counting this homerun or his 3 RBI from today's game because of the game situation. I'm not counting his pinch hit solo homerun in a blowout win in Colorado. In my book, Crede has 2 less home runs than his statistics show, 4 less RBI, and one less walk (the one where he pinch hit for Uribe after coming in with a 3-0 count and taking one pitch).